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DIGESTIVE SYSTEM
TERMS and DEFINITIONS
Term | Definition |
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Body system that converts food into usable energy. | DIGESTIVE SYSTEM |
Moistens and softens food making it easier to swallow. | SILIVA |
Muscular tube that pushes food to the stomach. | ESOPHAGUS |
Cuts, tears, and grinds food making it easier to swallow. | TEETH |
Produces saliva and pushes food into the esophagus, where digestion begins. | MOUTH |
Proteins that help break down food. | ENZYMES |
Churns food with it's muscular walls, produces acids and enzymes. | STOMACH |
The process of changing food into material the body needs. | DIGESTION |
End of the large intestine , holds solid waste. | COLON |
Where the majority of digestion occurs. | SMALL INTESTINE |
The process of removing waste from the body. | EXCREATION |
Produces bile which help break down fats. | LIVER |
Stores bile and releases it into the small intestine when needed. | GALL BLADDER |
Absorbs all remaining water and compacts remaining waste to a solid, | LARGE INTESTINE |
Organs that filter and covert water and dissolved waste into urine. | KIDNEYS |
Hydrochloric acid produced by the glands in the stomach that break down food preparing it for digestion. | ACID |
First 10-12" of the small intestine. | DUODENUM |